From: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo.bianconi@oss.qualcomm.com>
To: Ren Wei <weir@nebusec.ai>
Cc: idosch@nvidia.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, dsahern@kernel.org,
iprintercanon@gmail.com, davem@davemloft.net,
edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com,
horms@kernel.org, tom@herbertland.com, vega@nebusec.ai,
petalzu987@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v4 1/1] ip6_tunnel: snapshot encap in xmit
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2026 19:36:50 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ap2ksmdL1FFulLnF@lore-desk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2ce8f3e4bbed6060afb0aee33dc4e1d9ae021280.1788262122.git.petalzu987@gmail.com>
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> From: Zixuan Chai <petalzu987@gmail.com>
>
> ip6_tnl_changelink() can update encapsulation parameters while the
> netdevice is transmitting packets. ip6_tnl_xmit() can calculate packet
> headroom with t->encap_hlen and later build an encapsulation header from
> the live t->encap. A concurrent update can change the encapsulation
> header between these accesses and make skb_push() underflow the skb head.
>
> Take a local snapshot of t->encap before calculating the encapsulation
> header length. Use that same snapshot for headroom accounting, metadata
> validation, and build_header(). This keeps all encapsulation decisions
> for an skb consistent even if changelink updates the live configuration.
>
> Fixes: b3a27b519b22 ("ip6_tunnel: Add support for fou/gue encapsulation")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Reported-by: Vega <vega@nebusec.ai>
> Assisted-by: LLM
> Signed-off-by: Zixuan Chai <petalzu987@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ren Wei <weir@nebusec.ai>
Hi Ren and Zixuan,
I agree this is a real issue, but I guess this patch is fixing just a
small part of more extended problem. In particular, there are multiple
parameters that are updated in ip6_tnl_update()/ip6_tnl_change() that are
accessed concurrently in ip6_tnl_xmit() or in ip6_tnl_fill_forward_path().
I guess we should try to find a general fix for the extended issue.
What do you think? We have probably the same issue in the IPv4 counterpart.
Regards,
Lorenzo
> ---
> include/net/ip6_tunnel.h | 10 +++++-----
> include/net/ip_tunnels.h | 10 ++++++++++
> net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c | 18 ++++++++++++++----
> 3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/net/ip6_tunnel.h b/include/net/ip6_tunnel.h
> index b99805ee2fd1..6e76e50a4406 100644
> --- a/include/net/ip6_tunnel.h
> +++ b/include/net/ip6_tunnel.h
> @@ -106,22 +106,22 @@ static inline int ip6_encap_hlen(struct ip_tunnel_encap *e)
> return hlen;
> }
>
> -static inline int ip6_tnl_encap(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ip6_tnl *t,
> +static inline int ip6_tnl_encap(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ip_tunnel_encap *e,
> u8 *protocol, struct flowi6 *fl6)
> {
> const struct ip6_tnl_encap_ops *ops;
> int ret = -EINVAL;
>
> - if (t->encap.type == TUNNEL_ENCAP_NONE)
> + if (e->type == TUNNEL_ENCAP_NONE)
> return 0;
>
> - if (t->encap.type >= MAX_IPTUN_ENCAP_OPS)
> + if (e->type >= MAX_IPTUN_ENCAP_OPS)
> return -EINVAL;
>
> rcu_read_lock();
> - ops = rcu_dereference(ip6tun_encaps[t->encap.type]);
> + ops = rcu_dereference(ip6tun_encaps[e->type]);
> if (likely(ops && ops->build_header))
> - ret = ops->build_header(skb, &t->encap, protocol, fl6);
> + ret = ops->build_header(skb, e, protocol, fl6);
> rcu_read_unlock();
>
> return ret;
> diff --git a/include/net/ip_tunnels.h b/include/net/ip_tunnels.h
> index 7c9aadfe8fe3..ab217ddbeb20 100644
> --- a/include/net/ip_tunnels.h
> +++ b/include/net/ip_tunnels.h
> @@ -522,6 +522,16 @@ skb_vlan_inet_prepare(struct sk_buff *skb, bool inner_proto_inherit)
> return SKB_NOT_DROPPED_YET;
> }
>
> +static inline void
> +ip_tunnel_encap_snapshot(struct ip_tunnel_encap *dst,
> + const struct ip_tunnel_encap *src)
> +{
> + dst->type = READ_ONCE(src->type);
> + dst->flags = READ_ONCE(src->flags);
> + dst->sport = READ_ONCE(src->sport);
> + dst->dport = READ_ONCE(src->dport);
> +}
> +
> static inline int ip_encap_hlen(struct ip_tunnel_encap *e)
> {
> const struct ip_tunnel_encap_ops *ops;
> diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
> index d5ff50a2ac01..6ca373d6205a 100644
> --- a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
> +++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
> @@ -1102,6 +1102,7 @@ int ip6_tnl_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, __u8 dsfield,
> __u8 proto)
> {
> struct ip6_tnl *t = netdev_priv(dev);
> + struct ip_tunnel_encap ipencap;
> struct net *net = t->net;
> struct ipv6hdr *ipv6h;
> struct ipv6_tel_txoption opt;
> @@ -1109,10 +1110,11 @@ int ip6_tnl_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, __u8 dsfield,
> struct net_device *tdev;
> int err_count, mtu;
> unsigned int eth_hlen = t->dev->type == ARPHRD_ETHER ? ETH_HLEN : 0;
> - unsigned int psh_hlen = sizeof(struct ipv6hdr) + t->encap_hlen;
> - unsigned int max_headroom = psh_hlen;
> + unsigned int max_headroom;
> __be16 payload_protocol;
> bool use_cache = false;
> + unsigned int psh_hlen;
> + int encap_hlen;
> u8 hop_limit;
> int err = -1;
>
> @@ -1202,6 +1204,14 @@ int ip6_tnl_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, __u8 dsfield,
> t->parms.name);
> goto tx_err_dst_release;
> }
> +
> + ip_tunnel_encap_snapshot(&ipencap, &t->encap);
> + encap_hlen = ip6_encap_hlen(&ipencap);
> + if (unlikely(encap_hlen < 0))
> + goto tx_err_dst_release;
> + psh_hlen = sizeof(struct ipv6hdr) + encap_hlen;
> + max_headroom = psh_hlen;
> +
> mtu = dst6_mtu(dst) - eth_hlen - psh_hlen - t->tun_hlen;
> if (encap_limit >= 0) {
> max_headroom += 8;
> @@ -1240,7 +1250,7 @@ int ip6_tnl_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, __u8 dsfield,
> goto tx_err_dst_release;
>
> if (t->parms.collect_md) {
> - if (t->encap.type != TUNNEL_ENCAP_NONE)
> + if (ipencap.type != TUNNEL_ENCAP_NONE)
> goto tx_err_dst_release;
> } else {
> if (use_cache && ndst)
> @@ -1264,7 +1274,7 @@ int ip6_tnl_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, __u8 dsfield,
> + dst->header_len + t->hlen;
> ip_tunnel_adj_headroom(dev, max_headroom);
>
> - err = ip6_tnl_encap(skb, t, &proto, fl6);
> + err = ip6_tnl_encap(skb, &ipencap, &proto, fl6);
> if (err)
> return err;
>
> --
> 2.34.1
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-06 17:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-05 10:01 [PATCH net v4 0/1] ip6_tunnel: snapshot encap in xmit Ren Wei
2026-09-05 10:01 ` [PATCH net v4 1/1] " Ren Wei
2026-09-06 15:14 ` Ido Schimmel
2026-09-06 17:36 ` Lorenzo Bianconi [this message]
2026-09-06 17:54 ` Eric Dumazet
2026-09-06 18:01 ` Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-09-06 22:43 ` Artem Lytkin
2026-09-07 6:32 ` Eric Dumazet
2026-09-08 8:50 ` Zixuan Chai
2026-09-08 8:57 ` Eric Dumazet
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